Tease out the common denominators that lead to tyranny. Map the rise of some of the 20th century’s best-known dictators and discover how they seized power, exploited governing systems, and gutted ...

The video explains how dictators rise by exploiting crisis, fear, instability, and public hunger for order. Framed around Trump, the hook is that authoritarian politics often start with promises to ...

The story of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, and Josef Stalin; but also reveals those strong men, autocrats, and despots that followed in their footsteps. How did these men take absolute power, and ...

Dictators rarely rise in exactly the same way, but history shows they often follow a chillingly familiar pattern. From Saddam Hussein and Hitler to Castro and Pinochet, power is built through fear, ...